Policy

Prevent access to registry editing tools

Disables the Windows registry editor Regedit.exe. If you enable this policy setting and the user tries to start Regedit.exe, a message appears explaining that a policy setting prevents the action. If you disable this policy setting or do not configure it, users can run Regedit.exe normally. To prevent users from using other administrative tools, use the "Run only specified Windows applications" policy setting.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category System
Policy ID cf6669c1d563
Internal name DisableRegedit

Registry

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HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\DisableRegistryTools

Policy notes

Disables the Windows registry editor Regedit.exe. If you enable this policy setting and the user tries to start Regedit.exe, a message appears explaining that a policy setting prevents the action. If you disable this policy setting or do not configure it, users can run Regedit.exe normally. To prevent users from using other administrative tools, use the "Run only specified Windows applications" policy setting.

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